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broken and abandonedBewertet mit 1 von 5 Sternen

Interferes with normal operations, for example sometimes inserts ".allblock_box_v1{border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-color:#ff5500;}" into posts you make on forums. Also doesn't work well on Mac, because of using control-click, etc.

Hasn't been updated in years, and the "support site" is just a blog that was also abandoned in 2011. Not recommended.

Very good!Bewertet mit 4 von 5 Sternen

Very good addon. Copying the tab history to a new tab is handy. I was surprised to find the "go back to other tab" function, which I find even more useful than the main function! It's something I've missed a lot since the "Back To Close" addon stopped working on Mac, and was abandoned.

Just one thing, I think the "string patch compatibility" should be in the Preferences, and perhaps the default. Out of the box, it's incompatible with some very popular addons like Tree Style Tab. If you miss the "first run" page, it's not at all obvious that you need to create and set a hidden preference in about:config.

To anyone considering using this addon, I urge you not to. The main problem is that opt-out cookies do little or nothing to protect your privacy or stop you from being tracked by tracking cookies!

The problem is that these "opt-out" cookies are very misleading about what they actually are. If you read the fine print of virtually every company's privacy policy regarding these cookies, you'll find that they promise not to display targeted ads to you, based on your personal web history. That is, you'll see ads that a person would see if they were not being tracked. However THEY STILL TRACK YOU!! They never promise that they won't track you, just that they won't show you personalized ads based on their data. They still use these opt-out cookies to track your movements, what sites you visit, what you click on, what you buy, and so on. They use that data for their own marketing purposes, or to sell to other companies. So in terms of privacy, this addon is actually harmful, because it gives people the false idea that somehow their privacy is being protected by opt-out cookies, when it's not.

If you don't want to be tracked, then don't accept any cookies from advertisers, and if you don't want to see ads, then use an adblocker. Adblock plus with a privacy subscription would be a good start for both of these; there are many other options too, including other products from Abine. Unfortunately this one is simply the wrong approach, and is almost certainly not what you want. Abine should do the right thing, and retire it from the Addons web site.

This is not the addon you're looking for - don't use this.Bewertet mit 1 von 5 Sternen

To anyone considering using this addon, I urge you not to. The main problem is that it does little or nothing to protect your privacy or stop you from being tracked by tracking cookies!

It's not really the fault of the developer, who I'm sure has nothing but good intentions. The problem is that these "opt-out" cookies are very misleading about what they actually are. If you read the fine print of virtually every privacy policy regarding these cookies, you'll find that they promise not to display targeted ads to you, based on your personal web history. That is, you'll see ads that a person would see if they were not being tracked. However THEY STILL TRACK YOU!! They never promise that they won't track you, just that they won't show you personalized ads based on their data. They still use these opt-out cookies to track your movements, what sites you visit, what you click on, what you buy, and so on. They use that data for their own marketing purposes, or to sell to other companies. So in terms of privacy, this addon is not only virtually useless, but harmful, because it gives people the false idea that somehow their privacy is being protected, when it's not.

If you don't want to be tracked, then don't accept any cookies from advertisers, and if you don't want to see ads, then use an adblocker. Adblock plus with a privacy subscription would be a good start for both of these; there are many other options too. Unfortunately Beef Taco (or any of the related "TACO" addons) is simply the wrong approach, and is almost certainly not what you want. It has a long history and may have been useful in the past when there were no other options, but now there are. With all due respect, the developer should do the right thing, and retire it from the Addons web site. It's had a good run, and the work is appreciated, but it's time to let people move on to other more effective solutions.

Does not work well on MacBewertet mit 2 von 5 Sternen

On the Mac, shift-control-click also brings up the context menu, which is annoying. Also, shift-control-hyphen doesn't seem to do anything. It could be a good addon, but I give it only two stars, for not even bothering to test it on a Mac...

Mac gestures no longer workingBewertet mit 4 von 5 Sternen

As of Firefox 23 or so, the Mac trackpad swipe gesture no longer works with Back to Close. I put a bug report in Firefox bugzilla, about the problem, "Bug 925906 - MozSwipeGesture event no longer fires when no browser back history" - hope that helps!

Bewertet mit 4 von 5 Sternen

great addon, but beware of bugs in the 1.6pre5 version, it installs weird toolbar icons, makes your "find again" key command hide all your tabs (use "panorama" to get them back), and who knows what else... looking forward to a finished version!

The addon works well for what it's designed to do - allow you to temporarily turn cookies on or off globally. The extra option to remove cookies that were collected during the time you had them enabled is a real plus. The ability to quickly "whitelist" a site is also helpful, but it's unfortunate that the addon gives no simple method to "unwhitelist". If you change your mind about a site, you have to open the whitelist to manually search for and remove the site's entry.

It's a bit difficult to understand the developer's reluctance to consider making the whitelist button "on/off", instead of "on / do nothing". I don't see that it would add any complexity to the addon. Even if the need to unwhitelist a site is rare - in the way he uses it - it still happens. It seems to me such a change would add to the "convenience/simplicity" of the addon, rather than take away from it. An option to remove a site's cookies when you unwhitelist it would be even more convenient...

For people like me who prefer to temporarily whitelist a site that I may be only using for a day or two, rather than enable cookies globally, there are other options such as Cookie Monster, CS Lite, etc. - unfortunately they have their own problems (overly complex, ugly)... but at least this addon gives you the option to hide the whitelist button, in case you want to use an alternative method.

TACO: Totally And Completely ObsoleteBewertet mit 1 von 5 Sternen

No-one should be installing this addon anymore. It's obsolete and really doesn't work well. Don't even bother reading the reviews. Even the developer recommends using another product...

DoNotTrackMe, or Adblock Plus with EasyPrivacy subscription, will do what you want. This just won't. For one thing, opt-out cookies don't stop the companies from tracking you, just from showing you ads based on the tracking, which they will continue to do even if you "opt out".

needs to be easier to "unwhitelist" a siteBewertet mit 3 von 5 Sternen

I've been using this for a while, and it's great in many ways, reasonably simple, good-looking icons, and the ability to remove cookies that were added is handy.

However, I find myself often wanting to whitelist a site temporarily (eg. Facebook) without turning on all cookies globally, especially now with the new "private windows" in Firefox 20. So unfortunately, I have to look for a different addon, or hope this one can be improved.

The problem is that once you click the Whitelist button, it's not simple to revert. It turns grey and becomes inactive. If you click it again, nothing happens. If you want to "unwhitelist" a site, you have to open the whitelist window and remove the exception by hand.

It would be so much nicer and simpler if the button would just toggle, and immediately unwhitelist the site!

I don't think it should just turn blue though. It might be better if it would indicate the status of whether a site is whitelisted or not, like the Cookies button lights up when cookies are accepted, and goes dim when not. So then the "+" sign would probably not be the right symbol to use.

Being able to unwhitelist by simply clicking again on the button would earn an extra star on this review, and an additional option to delete the site's cookies when you unwhitelist it would get five stars, and my thanks!

Bewertet mit 2 von 5 Sternen

beware, this addon makes permanent changes to your browser's behavior, even if you uninstall it!

if you change some of the settings, the addon doesn't offer any way to go back to the defaults. the changes are made to hidden preferences in your about:config, and those changes stay permanently, even if you uninstall the addon. there is no list anywhere of which preferences are changed, making it very difficult to manually set things back to the way they were, using about:config.

if you install this addon, make sure you write down all the settings before you change any of them, because there's no going back!!

A waste of time :)Bewertet mit 1 von 5 Sternen

it doesn't work! description says it's supposed to do the same as pressing 'enter' in the address bar, i.e., check if the page has changed and reload only changed resources. but it doesn't, changes are not loaded. this has been reported as a bug in the support page already six months ago, and seems to be confirmed by the developer, that it doesn't actually work... don't waste your time!

cosmetic bug on macBewertet mit 4 von 5 Sternen

there's a cosmetic bug on the mac, when you open a new window, a line of many icons is shown in the toolbar for a moment. especially if you're re-opening a session with several windows, all these strange icons looks a bit weird and ugly, and makes you wonder if something is broken with your browser... it took me a while to figure out it was the fault of "back to close".

other than that, great addon! but you do need to use it in conjunction with some quick way to "undo close tab", because it happens a lot accidentally.

however, i disagree with the suggestion to make "forward" do "undo close tab" if there's no forward history, that's not a good idea. first, a lot of the time the window you get back to after closing a tab will already have a forward history. so, sometimes it will do what you want (undo close) and sometimes not (go forward instead). it's not a reliable way of handling the situation, and would lead to more frustration.

also, it creates another situation for accidentally doing something you don't want. that is, if your window has no forward history and you try to go forward, you will accidentally re-open the last closed tab. then if you try to close it again by going back, but it has a back history, it won't work either. i imagine it also leading to more frustration...

i think when a tab has no back history, closing it makes a lot of sense. but when a tab has no forward history, reopening the last closed tab doesn't make so much sense.

Bewertet mit 2 von 5 Sternen

I was looking for something to auto-hide the addons bar. I like the clean look of firefox with no addon/status bar, like safari. But I don't have enough room on my toolbar for all the addon buttons. This seemed like a good solution.

Well, it works, but... when it hides the addons bar, it's replaced by a blank grey bar, nearly the size of the addon bar itself! What is the point of it then?

The auto-hiding of the toolbar works, but is also very annoying. If you don't use "tabs on top", then whenever you go to click on a tab, you nearly always overshoot a little - this causes the toobar to un-hide, which drops the tab bar down, so you have to re-target the tab you wanted to click or else you'll click somewhere on the toolbar.

One more thing, the bookmarks bar autohiding doesn't work on a mac (well, it hides, but it won't show again) and the control buttons in the tab bar don't appear.

Seemed like it had potential, but I was disappointed, and uninstalled it.

Bewertet mit 4 von 5 Sternen

Great idea to have immediate access to a history pop-up menu. But middle-click doesn't work well for me, I have a mac and I would like to use command-click (I guess that's control-click on a PC) . I wish you could specify which key/click combination you want.

Bewertet mit 5 von 5 Sternen

Awesome! One of the best addons I have. My daily computing experience is noticeably improved.

I'm no longer afraid to restart Firefox and wait five minutes for everything to load. My computer runs much better with more free memory, and no pesky scripts or flash content eating up CPU when I'm not looking at them. This is the way all tabbed browsers should work! Thanks!